#Stevenage Boycott

Quoted from Civvy at last

Of course it's a freedom of choice.  Just as attending the Checkatwat trophy is a freedom of choice.  No-one should be ridiculed or given grief for attending.  But there is nothing wrong with trying to organise some form of protest over what happened.  I was there for the last two seasons and will not be going that's for sure.
Lets see how many actually attend next seasons game there (obviously if we are both in same league) and then you will have a rough estimate of those who actually attended this season but will boycott next.
My guess is it will be quite a few.  But for those who wish to go, I genuinely hope you see us romp to victory and that it is a pleasant experience.  Whatever happens, I would wager there is a severe change in attitude towards our fans for the better from the Stewards etc.

Your optimism is quite refreshing Civvy, from Stevenage's behavior in response to this issue I would not bet on any improvement,  

Clearly GTFC don't feel it's appropriate to openly comment or back a boycott but they could take action to support people who did not want to go by opening the bars on the day and showing the game on i follow or something similar.  

Quoted from Richard Cranium

I will not boycott any Grimsby Town game under any circumstances and will not be dictated to.

Shame you get so many red crosses for wanting to support your team.  

Quoted from Civvy at last

The fans on their messageboard (Borochat) seem just as arrogant. Must be a local attitude I guess. !!

Whereas posters on The Fishy are full of selfless humility and never arrogant...

Grimsby must be knee deep in noses cut off to spite faces.

Boycotting the game will not hurt Stevenage one iota. Far better to turn up in even larger numbers than this season. Stick up two fingers, if you must then take the p!ss by the men wearing bras and the ladies not wearing any just in case the stewards haven't learned their lesson - but I suspect strongly that they will have.
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Stevenage can deny it happened as much as they like but they aren't going to risk it happening again that's for sure so I think stewarding will be very low key so explosives, Uzis, anti-personnel mines and AK47s can be carried openly in Lidl, Aldi or Pound Shop carrier bags or down the legs of shell suits with impunity.

Quoted from Civvy at last

The fans on their messageboard (Borochat) seem just as arrogant. Must be a local attitude I guess. !!

Only because some sillycunt called Ancient Mariner keeps winding them up. He's still at it otherwise they would have forgotten it by now - in fact perhaps we should do the same

In answer to herts' question. I went last season and this and won't be going unless there's an about turn by Stevenage. And neither will the other 3 people who went with me.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

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Your optimism is quite refreshing Civvy, from Stevenage's behavior in response to this issue I would not bet on any improvement,  

Clearly GTFC don't feel it's appropriate to openly comment or back a boycott but they could take action to support people who did not want to go by opening the bars on the day and showing the game on i follow or something similar.   

That's a damned good idea.

Let people boycott it if they want to and go if they want to. Both sides have their points. In reality, everyone who wants to go should be free to go and not bullied into boycotting a game if they don't feel it appropriate.

Personally, I think away fans are too often treated as an inconvenience and a security problem (Mansfield was a joke). A lot of clubs would be delighted just to get rid of them entirely like Luton tried in the 80s. So I think it's playing into their hands by not going at all.

If you do not go they will be thousands of pounds down on the day.

Just saying,